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Artist
Jon Whyte (1941 – 1992, Canadian)
Date
1974
Medium
serigraph on paper
Catalogue Number
WyJ.04.01
Description
Names of mountain flowers are run together in straight rows of various colours - red, blue, yellow which produce secondary colours as they overlap. The predominant colour is yellow which appears to be the background with red and blue overlays to produce a tartan effect. The concept and design was b…
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Artist
Jon Whyte (1941 – 1992, Canadian)
Title
Mountain Tartan
Date
1974
Medium
serigraph on paper
Dimensions
42.0;50.7 x 46.0;67.2 cm
Description
Names of mountain flowers are run together in straight rows of various colours - red, blue, yellow which produce secondary colours as they overlap. The predominant colour is yellow which appears to be the background with red and blue overlays to produce a tartan effect. The concept and design was by Jon Whyte; the printing was done by Sue Nash and Virginia Lemieux at the Banff Centre Print Shop, both were students in Banff Centre programme.
Subject
abstract
non-representational
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WyJ.04.01
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Mount Rundle in March

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Artist
Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)
Date
1979
Medium
woodcut; colour linocut on paper
Catalogue Number
ShM.04.06
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Artist
Margaret Dorothy Shelton (1915 – 1984, Canadian)
Title
Mount Rundle in March
Date
1979
Medium
woodcut; colour linocut on paper
Dimensions
17.5 x 29.3 cm
Subject
landscape
mountain
river
Credit
Purchased from Sundance Gallery, Calgary, 1981
Catalogue Number
ShM.04.06
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Artist
James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)
Date
1979
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
SpJ.03.02
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Artist
James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)
Title
Mountain
Date
1979
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
22.0 x 29.0 cm
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of James Spencer, 1980
Catalogue Number
SpJ.03.02
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Artist
James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)
Date
1979
Medium
graphite on paper
Catalogue Number
SpJ.03.01
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Artist
James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)
Title
Mountain
Date
1979
Medium
graphite on paper
Dimensions
17.5 x 22.5 cm
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of James Spencer, 1980
Catalogue Number
SpJ.03.01
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Mount Athabasca and Andromeda

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Artist
James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)
Date
1979
Medium
acrylic on masonite
Catalogue Number
SpJ.12.01
Description
This painting was commisioned by the Peter Whyte Gallery to be included in the Art Bank purchase grant received by the Gallery during 1978. The reverse of the frame reads: (It is the mountain next to the Columbia Icefield, (Mt. Columbia) (Mt. Athabasca) which ever it is, that's the title. This pain…
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Artist
James Spencer (1940 – , Canadian)
Title
Mount Athabasca and Andromeda
Date
1979
Medium
acrylic on masonite
Dimensions
30.0 x 30.0 cm
Description
This painting was commisioned by the Peter Whyte Gallery to be included in the Art Bank purchase grant received by the Gallery during 1978. The reverse of the frame reads: (It is the mountain next to the Columbia Icefield, (Mt. Columbia) (Mt. Athabasca) which ever it is, that's the title. This painting is acrylic on gessoed masonite. It was begun in 1978 and completed in 1979. The surface can be easily damaged which explains the plexiglas. Any problems please contact the artist. signed: J.B. Spencer. Spencer's father became ill during the production of this work, thus the delay in completion.
Subject
landscape
mountain
Credit
Gift of James Spencer, 1979
Catalogue Number
SpJ.12.01
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Artist
Pete Wingle
Date
1976
Medium
cibachrome on paper
Catalogue Number
WiP.18.01
Description
The top third is blue sky, the rest of the picture is snowy mountain peaks with the broad face of one dominating front and centre. Skiers make a pattern centre as they ski an unmarked mountain slope.
Artist
Pete Wingle
Title
Steep Mother
Date
1976
Medium
cibachrome on paper
Dimensions
39.0 x 49.5 cm
Description
The top third is blue sky, the rest of the picture is snowy mountain peaks with the broad face of one dominating front and centre. Skiers make a pattern centre as they ski an unmarked mountain slope.
Subject
landscape, mountain
winter
activity, skiing
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
WiP.18.01
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Artist
Noboru Sawai (1931 – , Canadian )
Date
c. 1979
Medium
woodcut; etching, copper on paper
Catalogue Number
SwN.04.01
Description
An antique seat is centered, on the seat is a triptych of erotica.
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Artist
Noboru Sawai (1931 – , Canadian )
Title
Antique Seat
Date
c. 1979
Medium
woodcut; etching, copper on paper
Dimensions
51.0 x 65.5 cm
Description
An antique seat is centered, on the seat is a triptych of erotica.
Subject
figure, group
erotica
Credit
Gift of Noboru Sawai, Vancouver, 1980
Catalogue Number
SwN.04.01
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Artist
Vera Louise Drysdale (1921 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1971
Medium
on canvas board
Catalogue Number
DyV.04.01
Description
On the reverse of the frame reads: Tatanga Mani. Chief Walking Buffalo. George McLean presented to the Stoney Tribe in gratitude and appreciation. July 4, 1973. Vera Louise Drysdale, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Artist
Vera Louise Drysdale (1921 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Tatanga Mani
Date
1971
Medium
on canvas board
Dimensions
26.5 x 22.2 cm
Description
On the reverse of the frame reads: Tatanga Mani. Chief Walking Buffalo. George McLean presented to the Stoney Tribe in gratitude and appreciation. July 4, 1973. Vera Louise Drysdale, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Subject
portrait
male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
DyV.04.01
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Artist
Vera Louise Drysdale (1921 – 1994, Canadian)
Date
1974
Medium
oil on canvas
Catalogue Number
DyV.02.01
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Artist
Vera Louise Drysdale (1921 – 1994, Canadian)
Title
Elizabeth Bearspaw
Date
1974
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
40.5 x 31.5 cm
Subject
portrait
female
Indigenous
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
DyV.02.01
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Artist
Ernest Garthwaite (1940 – , Canadian)
Date
1979
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
GaE.05.01
Artist
Ernest Garthwaite (1940 – , Canadian)
Title
Alberta Series #20
Date
1979
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
26 x 36.1 cm
Subject
landscape, foothills
Credit
Gift of Ernest Garthwaite, 1981
Catalogue Number
GaE.05.01
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Artist
Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)
Date
1974
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
HoR.03.03
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Artist
Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)
Title
Insect Warrior
Date
1974
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.6 x 11.6 cm
Subject
insect
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HoR.03.03
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Artist
Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)
Date
1973
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
HoR.03.04
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Artist
Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)
Title
Owl
Date
1973
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
47 x 34.5 cm
Subject
bird, owl
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
HoR.03.04
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Artist
Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)
Date
1978
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
HoR.03.05
Description
Drawn from a passage by Gordon Walls for the exhibition Beyond Exceptional Pass at the Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, summer of 1978.
Artist
Robert J. Hope (1948 – 2023, Canadian)
Title
Exceptional Fault
Date
1978
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
10.2;10.1 x 6.4;6.3 cm
Description
Drawn from a passage by Gordon Walls for the exhibition Beyond Exceptional Pass at the Peter Whyte Gallery, Banff, summer of 1978.
Subject
landscape, mythological
bird
fish
Credit
Gift of Robert J. Hope, 1982
Catalogue Number
HoR.03.05
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Artist
Marion Florence Nicoll (1909 – 1985, Canadian)
Date
1974
Medium
watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
NiM.05.03
Description
An non-representational shape dominates centre front, it is outlined in black, circle to the left with a tail-like feature towards top right, the background has various shapes, lighter at left
Artist
Marion Florence Nicoll (1909 – 1985, Canadian)
Title
Automatic
Date
1974
Medium
watercolour on paper
Dimensions
15.0 x 28.3 cm
Description
An non-representational shape dominates centre front, it is outlined in black, circle to the left with a tail-like feature towards top right, the background has various shapes, lighter at left
Subject
abstract, non-representational
Credit
Purchased from Masters Gallery ltd., Calgary, 1979
Catalogue Number
NiM.05.03
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Artist
Marvin Scanie
Date
1971
Medium
acrylic on masonite
Catalogue Number
SaM.12.01
Description
Overall blue sweeping painting, centre is a sailboat keeling port side, there is a figure in a red hat and scarf at the stern.
Artist
Marvin Scanie
Title
Sailboat
Date
1971
Medium
acrylic on masonite
Dimensions
40.0 x 61.0 cm
Description
Overall blue sweeping painting, centre is a sailboat keeling port side, there is a figure in a red hat and scarf at the stern.
Subject
seascape
boat
activity, sailing
figure, male
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
SaM.12.01
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How the Beaver got His Tail

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Artist
Wayne Matchatis
Date
1972
Medium
oil on canvas on cardboard
Catalogue Number
MtW.02.01
Description
Symbolic s-curve drawing of the evolution of how the beaver got his tail, black on white, some of the forms are filled in solid.
Artist
Wayne Matchatis
Title
How the Beaver got His Tail
Date
1972
Medium
oil on canvas on cardboard
Dimensions
30 x 40.5 cm
Description
Symbolic s-curve drawing of the evolution of how the beaver got his tail, black on white, some of the forms are filled in solid.
Subject
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
MtW.02.01
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Japanese Paper Fabric Screen

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Artist
Unknown
Date
c. 1976
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.04
Description
An overall positive stencil used for fabric. Given to Catharine Robb Whyte by Tosh Yamiguchi when he visited her in 1976.
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Artist
Unknown
Title
Japanese Paper Fabric Screen
Date
c. 1976
Dimensions
41.6 x 25.2 cm
Description
An overall positive stencil used for fabric. Given to Catharine Robb Whyte by Tosh Yamiguchi when he visited her in 1976.
Subject
abstract, non-representational
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
UnK.08.04
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Creatures [Title Page]

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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1978
Medium
ink on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.04.01
Description
Title page of the portfolio reads: Creatures by Patricia Alice Askren. A book of prints in limited edition. Published by Lettuce Press in the Spring of 1978.
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
Creatures [Title Page]
Date
1978
Medium
ink on paper
Dimensions
17.4 x 17.6 cm
Description
Title page of the portfolio reads: Creatures by Patricia Alice Askren. A book of prints in limited edition. Published by Lettuce Press in the Spring of 1978.
Subject
animal
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ArP.04.01
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There are creatures who live...

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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1978
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.04.02
Description
The story begins on page 1:There are creatures who live on the ground and catch falling leaves. Some of them spend all their lives in the pursuit of leaves; eat them; make shoes of them, sleep under beds of the leaves and carry baskets of the things around. Occasionally, there is a special leaf to …
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
There are creatures who live...
Date
1978
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.6 x 17.6 cm
Description
The story begins on page 1:There are creatures who live on the ground and catch falling leaves. Some of them spend all their lives in the pursuit of leaves; eat them; make shoes of them, sleep under beds of the leaves and carry baskets of the things around. Occasionally, there is a special leaf to search for and go after until you've got it.
Subject
animal
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ArP.04.02
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These are creatures who swim...

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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Date
1978
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Catalogue Number
ArP.04.03
Description
The story - page 2:There are creatures who swim in the deep blue seas. Things with teeth, these creatures wait under the surface, watching everything. But there is nothing to worry about, they only live in the north.
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Artist
Patricia Askren (1951 – , American)
Title
These are creatures who swim...
Date
1978
Medium
ink; watercolour on paper
Dimensions
17.6 x 17.6 cm
Description
The story - page 2:There are creatures who swim in the deep blue seas. Things with teeth, these creatures wait under the surface, watching everything. But there is nothing to worry about, they only live in the north.
Subject
animal
mythological
Credit
Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
Catalogue Number
ArP.04.03
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